*Boys’ Adventure & War Picture Libraries: This digest-sized comics series, most famous under its later title of Thriller Picture Library, ran for 450 issues until 1963, and while it featured a plethora of characters during its lengthy run, the trend for the early years was for historical swashbucklers based on fictional (but serendipitously copyright-free) characters, but also featuring crime, war, western and science-fiction adventures. The artists were all accomplished Fleetway professionals, and readers thrived on these beautifully-illustrated pocket adventures. In addition to the featured items listed below, we also have three later issues new in, #238 (Dick Daring of the Mounties) and #245 & #253 (Battler Britton).
IN THIS UPDATE: THRILLER:
#36 FA/GD £13.50 Castle Dangerous
#37 GD £15 (PICTURED) Windsor Castle
#38 VG £20 The Children Of The New Forest
#39 GD/VG £17.50 (PICTURED) The Gay Corinthian.
#40 PR £8 Westward Ho!